THE CURE HITS THE ROAD; EX-STONES SET CONCERTS

A cure for what ails the concert biz? Just maybe, as The Cure tour hits the road and heads for South Florida June 4. Tickets, at $22.50 a piece plus outlet surcharges, go on sale Saturday.

The Cure, whose new album is Wish (due in stores Monday), plays the Miami Arena with an opening act still to be determined.

-- Some concert news of a more intriguing vein concerns some former members of the Rolling Stones and a series of three concerts they will play here beginning April 29.

Mick Taylor, Stones guitarist during the early '70s, will join keyboardist Nicky Hopkins (often dubbed The Sixth Stone) and saxman Bobby Keys for gigs at three Charcoals nightclubs in South Florida.

Hopkins was an early keyboardist for the Stones and also played with Crazy Horse and The Kinks. Keys, a session sax player, appeared on several Stones albums and also worked with Eric Clapton.

They will be joined by Fuzzy Samuels, who also has a long session history, but is best-known for his work with CSN.

The foursome won't just jam, publicity man Woody Graber says. "They're set up to play a real concert -- certainly some blues and early Stones. They're definitely going to do Can't You Hear Me Knockin'.

The shows will be in Kendall, Coral Springs and Miami Lakes on April 29, May 1 and May 2, respectively. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 day of show. Call 1-305-971-6060 for more information.

-- One of the best-kept secrets in music at the moment is just who is going to sing what at the big Freddie Mercury memorial charity bash at Wembley Stadium Monday night. Freddie's group Queen has such a rich catalog, reports are that stars are begging to sing certain songs.

So far we know that George Michael will team with Lisa Stansfield on Somebody to Love; Robert Plant has Crazy Little Thing Called Love; and Elton John will open the bash singing Bohemian Rhapsody, with surviving Queen members.

David Bowie and Annie Lennox will do the Mercury-Bowie hit Under Pressure. If it sounds familiar, that's because it was later appropriated without permission by Vanilla Ice to form the base-line for his monotone rap ditty Ice Ice Baby. The show, which should net millions for AIDS charities, starts at 8 p.m. on Fox.

George Michael, by the way, has donated $500,000 to 11 charities this week. He has taken just about all the profits from his version of Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me with Elton John, and disbursed the money to needy groups such as Girls Clubs of Chicago, Boston's Jimmy Fund, The San Francisco AIDS Foundation and The London Light House.

-- Prince fans probably already know this: His highness now has his own 1-900 number. Princephiles in dire need of tour info, album release dates, coming projects and all kinds of assorted Princebilia, can dial 1-900-73-PRINCE. The number is interactive, which means fans can leave their names and addresses if they want to enter various contests and try to win a prize.

The calls cost $1.50 per minute, but the good news is fans can bypass messages they already have heard simply by entering specified codes. Proceeds will support the London-based Prince fan club, Controversy, which has launched the phone line. Kids must have parents' permission to dial. Yeah, right.